Window-fastener.



No. 890,062. PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908.

F. G. JOHNSON.

WINDOW FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1907.

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FRANK O. JOHNSON, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

WINDOW-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1908.

Application filed November 22, I907. Serial No. 403,274.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK C. JOHNSON, citizen of the United States, and resident of Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented new and useful Improvements in lVindow-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to devices for fastening storm windows, shutters, screens, etc. to the window casing and its object is to provide a simple fastening device which is so constructed that it can be readily secured to and removed from the window and which is so constructed that it can be operated without being entirely removed from the storm window.

In the drawings herewith accompanying and making part of this application, Figure 1 is an elevation of a storm window and my fastener; Fi 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken main fy above the fastening device; Fig. 3 is an elevation showing my fastener applied to a window used in connection with a casing having a bead strip for screens and Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional View taken mainly above the fastening device.

Same letters of reference refer to like parts.

In said drawings A represents a window casing, B a storm window, screen or shutter and O a bead strip secured to the window casing. My improved fastening device consists of an angle iron having one part D provided with an elongated slot E adapted to receive a holding screw F passing therethrough and into the frame of the storm window as seen in Figs. 2 and 4, and the other part G adapted to rest against the storm window frame in such way as to support the part D in a position substantially parallel The part D has a tapering end adapted to be forced into the edge of the casing A as seen in Fig. 2 and when the casing has a bead strip it takes into the casing inside the bead strip, as shown in Fig. 4.

In operation the storm window is placed in position, end G of the fastener is placed against the storm window and the sharp end H of the part D is then driven or forced into the window casing. The screw F is then inserted through the slot E into the window frame until it draws the window tightly against the casing. To remove the storm window, loosen the screw, move the fastener away from the casing until the sharp point clears the casing and bead strip, if a bead strip is used, into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, which permits the window to be removed. The fastener can then be moved toward the storm window frame until the part D bears against it and the screw turned in to hold it closely so that when not in use it is close to the frame and out of the way. I11 this way it is always secured to the storm window and is always ready for use and is not in danger of being mislaid or lost as is the case when the fastener must be entirely removed from the window.

Having thus described my invention and its use I claim A storm window fastener comprising an angle iron one part adapted to rest against the storm window frame and the other to engage the window casing, the latter part being provided with an elongated slot, the whole being so proportioned that the fastener when not in use may be moved backward and inward until the part which is adapted to engage the window casing rests fiat against the window frame, and a screw adapted to pass through the slot into the frame, whereby the fastener may be secured to the sash in both positions without entirely removing the screw.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses this 20th day of November, 1907.

FRANK C. JOHNSON. In presence of ELerN OVERRILL, j MARION RICHARDS. 

